Garment-supporter.



T. WOLF. GARMENT SUPPOETER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1910.

1,120,990. Patented Deb. 15, 1914.

"HE NORRIS PETERS C0,. PHOTO-LITHCL. WASHINGTON. D K

, pin, such as is ordinarilyemployed by skirt" only be relieved entirely,

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To all whom it may concern v 7 Be it known thatflaTfinononii citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Chicago, in thecounty fof Gookand State of Illinois, have invented certainnew'fand useful Improvements in Garmentrsupport ers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification; i y

This invention relates to improvementsin garment supporters in which one article of wear ng apparel'is securedfto a safety pin,

Y (in turn suspended by a plate from another article, as for examplein the suspend ng of skirts and hosiery.

means by whichlthe sprlng pinj'of a safety holders, may not from the weight of the "garment supported, but the safety pin structure, as awhole, be stiffened throughout against, ater'al strains 7 tending to bend either ,of its wire members.

In other words, the object ofv'my invention, broadlv stated, to: utilize a safety same time. transfer itsjweightTfrom the safety pinto the plate suspended"from the waist band. v v y r htlorespecifically stated the object of my invention is a garmentsupporter comprising a hook plate and to the hook plate and embracing the spring member of the safety pin in such a "manner that the weight of the garment is through, i said latch piece directly suspended from the hook plate, and both members'ofthe safety pin are prevented from bending. i

A With these ends 1n View, my invention finds embodiment in certain features of no'vcity in the construction, combination and" arrangement of parts by which the said objects and certain other objects hereinafter appearing are attained, all as fully-ydescribed with reference'to the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed In said drawings: cally shows a garment supporter containing my invention in its operative position, upon the wearer when used for suspending a skirt. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of my'garment supporter as it appears when'substantiall'y offull size. Fig. 3 is a front elevarment holder asameans of se'- curing agskirt or hosiery thereto, and-atthe H v a. safety pin secured thereto, provided with a latch piecehingedgarment so Figure 1 diagrammatis on the pin,

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tion thereof; and, Fig. t is a transverse see I nos on the line of Fig. 2:

Sumlar characters of reference indicate the same parts the several figures of the drawings, i i 7 1' 5 indicates affiat plate provided with a hook 6 adaptedto embrace a waist band 7 or fby means of elongated slots 8 -8 to be threaded on a belt, theflower'end of the plate 5 isprovid'ed with an eye 9, preferably bent therefrom and adapted to receive and hinge the fixed bar 10 of an ordinary safety pin, which bar is preferably bent downwardly as indicated at 11 on each'end ofthe eye to prevent its longitudinal movementtherein.

The safety pin is ofp the ordinary construction, thatis to say, 1s provided with a catch 12securedto one endof the bar 10 p and adapted to receive the point of, the

spring pinl the shank of whichterminates,

in a coilil4"integral therewith and "with the bar; 10, and partly 'inclosed by a shield 15 preventing the coilfrom' spreading or catch-' 5 r so ing 'the garment.

Toward itslower extremity thehook plate Sis provided'with a pair ofslots 16' and 17 respectively, the metal "separating the "slots forming a pivotibearing for eyes 18'an'd 19 formed on the base'of 'a latch 20, which terminates hook 21 adapted toembrace the ,pin member, 13 of'the safety pin, thereby connecting'the same withthe hook plate, with 'the result that a skirt or other gar-f vmentuponthe pin member is prevented from bending the pin either by its weight or by pull thereon, the weight of the garment being transferred entirely from the pin to said'hook plate.

It will be observed length, the passing the advantage ofwhich' is that by pin through two folds of the that the latch lies between those the garment is balanced on the two folds,

, hat thelatch QOis so arranged and hinged that it will hook over 1 and embrace the pin about midway its I f pin, and in no event, whether the pin is sea cured to one fold or two folds can the moveinstance a skirt 7 I ment of such garment, as for be more than half the length of the pin. By thus limiting the possible there must be 'a more than ordi- ;movement of the garment'to half the length of the pin nary hard pull thereon or the garment, such for instance as a skirt, must be excessively lo heavy, before it. is possible for the fixed bar of the pin to slide through the eye 11 so that' the pin may hang endwise with reference to the plate to the disarrangement andadjustment of the garment. s

As a means for maintaining the latch out of its operative position, when securing the safety pin in the garment and its catch, the latch piece is provided with a lug 22' engaging a spring 23 which, as shown, is struck up from the plate, which lug and spring the safety pin is secured in its operative po 'sitlon 1n and to the garment and in its entis also serve to prevent themovement of the latch piece away from thefra'me member of the safety pin when in engagement therewith by means of its hood 21.

While the embodiment of my invention herein shown and described is very practical, my invention is not limited to its specific details, as for example, the employment of slots or hooks for the attachment to and suspension of the garment supporterfrom a waist band, for any other common well known attachment devices may be used for;

this purpose, and instead of forming the latch from sheet metal it may be formed from wire, and in either instance be hinged to the fixed bar of the safety pin instead of to the plate as shown, and it will be no departure from my invention to substitute a coiled spring for the tongue spring, either stamped from or separately secured to the platefor sustaining the latch out of its operative position until the spring pin of locked position with into the catch 12.

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patits point projecting 1, A garment supporter comprising in combination a suspending plate, a safetyjpin a latch hinged to said plate" hinged thereto,

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pin member when in its operative position,

substantially as described.

2. A garment supporter comprising in combination a suspending plate, a spring and pivot bearing stamped out of said plate, a safety pin flexibly connected with said plate, and a latch embracing said pivot bearings and adapted to engage the pin member of the safety pinand provided with a lug actuated by said spring whe'n'the latch is out of its operative position, and whereby the latch is held against accidental movement when in its operative positionupon the pin member, substantially as described.

3. A garment supporter comprising in combination a plate provided with belt slots therein, and a hook at one end of the plate,

a safety pin suspended from the opposite end of'said plate, a latch pivoted to the plate adjacent the'last named end, and provided with a hook adapted to embrace and maintain the spring member of the pin in its catch, a spring formed in said plate and'a lug on the latch adapted to be engaged by the-spring'either' to maintain the latch out of its operative position or to sustain it against disengagement from the pin member when in its operative position, substantially as describe In witness whereof, I have hereunto set myhand andafiixed my seal, this 28 day of January, A D. 1910.v

THEODORE XVOLFP [n.s]

\Vitnesses: JNo. G. ELLIOTT, F. E. BROM.

Washington, D. O.

Commissioner of Patents, 

